Antonov AN-24

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Registration:

CCCP-46847

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Sukhumi - Kirovograd

MSN:

27307505

YOM:

1972

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Aircraft flight hours:

5698

Aircraft flight cycles:

16941

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The crew was completing a training flight from Kirovograd to Sukhumi and back to Kirovograd. Following a night takeoff from Sukhumi-Babushara Airport, while climbing at an altitude of 120 meters and a speed of 250 km/h, the crew raised the flaps when the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent until it struck at a speed of 370 km/h the water surface and crashed into the Black Sea about 690 meters offshore. A crew member was rescued while six other occupants were killed. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and sank.

Probable cause:

The exact cause of the accident could not be determined with certainty. However, the assumption that the pilot-in-command suffered a spatial disorientation was not ruled out.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24 at Tapa AFB: 21 killed

Date & Time: Apr 19, 1977

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Military

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Pärnu - Tapa

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The airplane was completing a flight from Pärnu to Tapa AFB, carrying six crew members and 15 Sukhoi SU-9 pilots. On final approach, the crew encountered poor visibility due to snow showers and failed to realize his altitude was too low when a wing struck the chimney of a spirit factory. Out of control, the airplane crashed in flames in a field located less than 3 km from runway threshold, in Moe. The aircraft was destroyed and all 21 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Poor planned approach on part of the flying crew.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24 in Kiev: 48 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1976 at 2130 LT

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Registration:

CCCP-46722

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Kiev-Zhuliany-Igor Sikorsky

Schedule:

Chernivtsi - Kiev

MSN:

3 73 003 02

YOM:

1963

Flight number:

SU36N

Location:

Kiev oblast

Country:

Ukraine

Region:

Europe

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Aircraft flight hours:

27244

Aircraft flight cycles:

24754

Circumstances:

Following an uneventful flight from Chernivtsi, the crew started the descent to Kiev-Zhuliany Airport in limited visibility due to foggy conditions and snow. On final approach, at a distance of 2,500 metres from runway threshold, the airplane descended below the glideslope. The crew continued the approach and passed below the decision height while he did not have the runway in sight. The airplane struck the concrete base of the inner marker located 1,265 metres short of runway, rolled for 115 metres and crashed on a railway embankment. Seven occupants were seriously injured while 48 others were killed. At the time of the accident, the horizontal visibility was 600 metres and the vertical visibility was 50 metres.

Probable cause:

Wrong approach configuration on part of the flying crew who descended below the decision height without any visual contact with the runway in limited visibility until the aircraft contacted ground. Deficiencies and inadequacies by ATC at Kiev-Zhuliany Airport were considered as contributing factors as informations transmitted to the crew did not reflect the truth.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24RV off Anapa: 52 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1976 at 1351 LT

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Registration:

CCCP-46518

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Gomel - Donetsk - Sotchi

MSN:

37308504

YOM:

1973

Flight number:

SU7957

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Aircraft flight hours:

6107

Aircraft flight cycles:

4626

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The aircraft was completing the second leg from its Gomel - Donetsk - Sochi flight in limited visibility due to cloudy conditions when, at an altitude of 5,700 metres, it collided with an Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40. Registered CCCP-87772, the Yak was flying from Rostov-on-Don to Kerch with 18 people on board. Following the collision, both aircraft entered a dive and crashed into the Black Sea about 37 km south of Anapa. Both aircraft sank by a depth of about 500 metres and none of the 70 occupants survived the crash.

Probable cause:

The in-flight collision was the consequence of mistakes committed by the air traffic controller in charge of the western sector of the Krasnodar area who violated the published procedures and failed to provide the minimum separation of 600 meters required for both aircraft prior to transfer them to the Anapa sector. The lack of visibility due to significant cloud cover was considered as a contributing factor, as well as poor ATC coordination between various sectors.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24B in Guryev

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1976

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CCCP-47734

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6 99 010 02

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1976

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On a night approach to Guryev Airport (now Atyrau), the aircraft passed below the glide path following an error on part of the flying crew and hit the ground at a speed of 210 km/h some 45 meters short of the runway threshold. The aircraft bounced twice and hit the runway surface on a nose down attitude, causing the nose gear to hit the runway with a positive acceleration force of 3,5 g. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair while all 43 occupants were unhurt.

Probable cause:

Wrong approach configuration on part of the pilot-in-command.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24RV in Viktorivka: 52 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1976 at 1048 LT

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CCCP-46534

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Vinnitsa – Moscow

MSN:

57310108

YOM:

1975

Flight number:

SU1802

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Aircraft flight hours:

2976

Aircraft flight cycles:

2328

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On a flight from Vinnitsa to Moscow-Bykovo, while cruising at an altitude of 5,700 meters, the crew disengaged the autopilot system when the sliding cylinder of the MP-100 rudder trimming device deployed by 22.5 mm immediately, causing the rudder to move to the right, reaching the maximum position of 25° within one second. The aircraft went out of control, entered a spin and crashed at a speed of 350 km/h and a nose-down attitude of 50° in a field located 500 metres southeast of Viktorivka, 14.8 km southeast of Chernihiv Airport. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all 52 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Failure of the rudder trimming device during cruise flight. This may have been caused by a technical issue on the electrical system or an unintended pressure of the trim control switch by one of the crew members while the autopilot system was still ON.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24B in Havana: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 18, 1976

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CU-T879

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Training

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Havana-José Martí (Rancho Boyeros)

Schedule:

Havana - Havana

MSN:

67302501

YOM:

1976

Location:

La Habana

Country:

Cuba

Region:

Central America

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The crew departed Havana-José Martí-Rancho Boyeros Airport on a local training mission. After it entered the approach path, the twin engine airplane collided with a Cubana Douglas DC-8-43. Registered CU-T1200, the DC-8 was approaching the same airport following an uneventful flight from Montreal with 13 passengers and a crew of 16 on board. Following the collision, the Antonov AN-24 went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in flames. All five occupants were killed. The crew of the DC-8 was able to continue the approach and to land without further problems. All 29 occupants escaped uninjured but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair after the engine n°1 was torn off as well as a part of the left wing.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24RV in Saratov

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1976

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CCCP-46613

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